Shenzhou

British  

/ ˈʃɛnˈdʒəʊ /

noun

1. any of a series of manned Chinese spacecraft

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Etymology

Origin of Shenzhou

C20: Chinese: divine craft or divine mechanism

Example Sentences

Replacing the ageing Shenzhou, it will carry astronauts into lunar orbit.

From Barron's

NASA's Dragon and Orion spacecraft remain superior compared to China's Shenzhou, he noted.

From Barron's

In November, China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was hit by debris, delaying the return of three astronauts by more than a week.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fernando and his coauthor, Constantinos Charalambous, a research fellow at Imperial College London, tested the technique by analyzing the reentry of debris from China's Shenzhou-15 spacecraft.

From Science Daily

Using data from 127 seismometers across southern California, the team calculated both the speed and trajectory of the Shenzhou-15 module.

From Science Daily